In the blink of an eye, it was time for Ao Tianshun and the others to return to Yan Country. Everything in Beishi had been dealt with, and the new city had also been built.
Just at this moment, Qian Er suddenly erupted with extremely radical emotions. It was said that this Lord Zhen Tian suddenly applied to the higher-ups to crusade against the myriad races, one by one.
The higher-ups were currently so busy that they couldn't spare any time to appease this Lord Zhen Tian.
Ignoring Qian Er would definitely have very serious consequences. The authorities had already realized from previous events how dangerous Qian Er was.
So, they had to issue an emergency order, ordering Ao Tianshun and the others to stay in Beishi and keep a close eye on Qian Er, making sure he didn't cause any trouble.
That night, City Lord Zhang personally hosted a banquet. The people attending this banquet included Qian Er, Zhang Fengye, Ao Tianshun, and Dai Ke, who had also rushed over.
Ao Tianshun told Qian Er that the higher-ups were facing many issues right now, internal strife, preparing to play tricks on the myriad races outside, and the affairs of the new city. They wouldn't be able to handle it for a while.
Qian Er smiled. These were all scenes they had discussed. The higher-ups also knew very well that they were all creating a reason for Ao Tianshun not to return.
"Although the aristocratic families don't dare to wade into these troubled waters now, there are still many, many factions internally. Some people don't want us to stay here and want to bury us there directly."
"Of course, there are also people who are our allies, people who want to protect us, but they don't want to make it too obvious. In fact, everyone knows these games and is just putting on a show."
Qian Er didn't ask which faction Ao Tianshun belonged to because now that they were staying here, they would be the ironclad Qian Family Army from now on.
At least, even if the authorities wanted him, he couldn't hand them over.
… …
On an island, a human exploration team was searching for treasure.
The captain was a middle-aged man who didn't talk much. Even though the temperature here was below zero, the man was still only wearing a vest, revealing his white, lumpy flesh.
In front of him was a two-legged elephant, a functional beast with low combat power but the ability to taste soil and find gold.
The two-legged elephant stuck its long nose into the ground, then scooped up some soil and put it in its mouth.
After chewing a few times, the two-legged elephant pointed its nose in one direction.
The captain followed the two-legged elephant forward, and the team members behind him followed.
"Captain, why don't we go back? I heard this island is very evil."
A chubby young man said from behind. No one knew how he joined this team. The captain looked old enough to be his father.
Everyone continued to move forward. A man glanced at him with disdain.
"Don't come if you're a coward."
The chubby boy blushed and stopped talking, trotting to catch up with the team.
In a cave on the island, several pairs of eyes were staring at the exploration team.
"Mom, what is that?"
A somewhat childish voice rang out.
"Those are humans, the most despicable, insidious, and brutal race."
"They actually delivered themselves to our mouths today. No one will find out even if we eat them."
"Child, remember, the biggest characteristic of the human race is that they are good at courting death."
This obviously made the surrounding alien races agree very much. Only a few ghostly eyes could be seen in the dark.
"I bet they will come to us themselves without us having to go out."
At this time, the two-legged elephant was still leading the way, occasionally scooping up soil from the ground to taste it.
Finally, it stopped at the entrance of a cave. This cave was not far from the seaside, but it was still some distance from where they landed.
"Woo—"
The two-legged elephant howled to the sky.
"There's good stuff inside!"
The captain's face showed an excited expression.
Several team members also looked excited.
"Fatty, quickly summon your lantern frog!"
A glowing little toad jumped out of the chubby young man's beast space. Thinking of the treasure in the cave, he didn't want to run away anymore and placed the little toad in his palm.
This kind of beast is also a functional beast that is often used by exploration teams. Although its combat power is not strong, it can emit extremely strong light in dark scenes.
More importantly, the lantern frog's body structure means that the light on its body hardly consumes energy, so it can stay lit for a long time.
Of course, its disadvantages are also obvious, that is, it has no advantages other than lighting, and it may even be stepped on and killed, so few people will configure it into their team.
Even in exploration teams, this kind of beast is rarely seen.
A group of people walked towards the inside of the cave. Under the lantern frog's ostentation, the surroundings were like broad daylight, which made the reflections of a few pairs of eyes in the depths of the cave extremely obvious.
"Something's wrong, run!"
The captain saw something was wrong at a glance. Fortunately, they hadn't gone deep into the cave yet, and the group turned around and ran.
A chilling roar came from behind, and several huge tiger crocodiles pounced over.
The roar alone made the brains of several exploration team members shrink. This kind of sound is definitely not something that a small beast can make!
Several people wanted to create distance before summoning their beasts to fight, but they couldn't outrun the alien races behind them and didn't even have the courage to look back.
In this case, stopping would likely mean death before they could summon their beasts!
"Sea, jump into the sea, they may not be able to swim!"
The captain shouted and plunged into the sea.
Several figures jumped into the sea decisively.
Then, several people summoned their respective beasts. The levels of these beasts were uneven, the highest being the captain's two-legged elephant, elite peak.
After the alien races behind were blocked by the beasts, they finally had the opportunity to open the illustrated book and aim it at the things chasing them. Then, everyone's hearts instantly turned cold.
Even the captain couldn't see the levels of those alien races.
This meant that their levels were higher than theirs.
Moreover, the appearances of those alien races were a bit like crocodiles, not like they couldn't swim.
In the blink of an eye, the beasts of several people were crushed by the tiger crocodile group.
It's over, it's over, it's over.
The expressions of several people were not good. Several people were still swimming desperately outward, and some people had already begun to give up.
The captain belonged to the type who ran desperately.
What a joke! I have old people to support and young children to raise. My son is still waiting for me to bring him back trophies!
He didn't dare to look back at the scene behind him. Listening to the screams, he was afraid that he would be gone if he turned back.
He could even feel them getting closer and closer to him!
Just at the critical moment, he collided head-on with a dark thing.
The captain was a little messy and instinctively opened his backpack, but this pause caused the tiger crocodile behind him to open its big mouth and bite down on his head…
